Reds' Hamilton, Cueto under awards watch

3:11 PM,
Jul. 3, 2014

Written by

David Clark
Cincinnati Enquirer

Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton is picked to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award, and pitcher Johnny Cueto is the frontrunner for the NL Cy Young Award with half of this season's games completed in award-winners picked by national baseball writer Joel Sherman of NYPost.com.

Here's how Sherman ranks the rookies:

The nod for the AL award goes to New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka for his brilliant consistency and in the NL to Hamilton for his electricity combined with steady improvement. Hamilton's month-by-month OPS has risen from .610 to .652 to .817. ...